newser– Mike Bryan may have won the point, but it proved an expensive one: At the US Open on Sunday, the American doubles player appealed a call made by a line ref, won the reversal, then turned his racket around to mimic a gun he pretended to fire at said ref.
The gesture cost him an initial code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct, and an eventual $10,000 fine, reports CNN. “We won the point and the gesture was meant to be playful,” Bryan said in a statement, while acknowledging that “given the recent news and political climate I understand how my gesture could be viewed as insensitive. I promise that I will never do anything like this again.” Bryan and his brother, Bob, won their second-round match on Sunday.
“political climate”
Never apologize.
Is it tennis of FIFA that officially has the biggest crybabies in sports?
the butthurt is strong in tennis
We should euthanize all these liberal pussies to put them out of their misery…we shouldn’t make them suffer so.
As a big fan of the Bryans, followed them for years, Mike had a brain fart, he knows better.
The USTA is THE most woke institution in American sports; they were the first to pay their women players the same as the men (even though their matches are much shorter and draw fewer numbers for viewers), they staff the entire upper Eschelon with minorities and women, they offer scholarships where only women and minorities can apply, and diversity is the predominant criteria for all new hirings.
The players are aware of this[toxic] environment and the zero tolerances heeded to anything that strays from their progressive agenda, this is why Mike was proactive in apologizing and acknowledging no further occurrences. He understands that even innocuous behavior can rile the mob to the point of asking for his head on a pike.
What a load of horseshit!
Machine gun racquet? Who hasn’t done that? Or guitar racquet?
Fuck this planet.
if i cant do that with my pickle ball racquet i’m quitting and going to shuffleboard.
Well, Bryon completely caved to the liberal phuck-offs that are now celebrating their giant win.
I’m glad I’m old and about to check out of this world full of pussies.
It’s tennis. That’s why they have the term “douche”.
I still do cat machine gun… and cat shuck gun. I pick up a cat and pretend the cat is a pump shotgun. “Chunk-chunk- BANG!” And the cat is purring.
These motherfuckers would fine me 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS!
Good luck with that.
Just when you think things have reached maximum absurdity guess again!
Throw a big stack of money at them while calling them dumb twats. Then do it again. Oh to be rich…
How far we’ve come from “Shooter” McGavin in Happy Gilmore.
Well at least he didn’t pull out a pop tart and bite it in the shape of a gun. That would be the end his career.
BTW, Pop tarts are nasty crap.
Need to bring back the thumbs down button.